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What are the post-pandemic security concerns for IT pros?

20/10/2021Help Net Security

COVID-19 has had a huge impact on businesses across every industry, and while the urgent need to adapt in early 2020 may have been replaced with greater stability, residual effects remain. In fact, IT policies implemented to deal with the impact of the pandemic are among the leading macro trends currently influencing enterprise IT risk. […]

Organizations lack basic cybersecurity practices to combat the growing tide of ransomware

20/10/2021Help Net Security

Organizations are not equipped to defend against ransomware due to deficiencies in implementing and sustaining basic cybersecurity practices, including managing privileged administrator credentials and ensuring visibility of supply chain risk, an Axio reserach report reveals. “Ransomware is everywhere, dominating headlines, corporate board meetings and even the Biden administration’s agenda,” remarked the report’s co-author David White, […]

SASE emerges as the edge becomes an enterprise focal point

19/10/2021Help Net Security

Network attacks continue to proliferate, especially sophisticated probing of user domain registries, ransomware attacks, and malware injections via trojans. To further challenge IT, network traffic is far more distributed than in the past: Enterprise applications continue to migrate to the cloud instead of being hosted in the corporate data center, the number of workers accessing […]

Cyber risk trends driving the surge in ransomware incidents

18/10/2021Help Net Security

During the COVID-19 crisis, another outbreak took place in the cyber space: a digital pandemic driven by ransomware. In a recent report, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) analyzes the latest risk developments around ransomware and outlines how companies can strengthen their defenses with good cyber hygiene and IT security practices. The increasing frequency and […]

Human hacking increased as apps and browsers moved completely to the cloud

15/10/2021Help Net Security

Human hacking – phishing attacks across all digital channels – has dramatically increased in 2021. SlashNext released its first report showing a 51% increase in attacks compared to 2020, and increasingly these attacks are happening outside of email. “The cybersecurity industry has done a good job of protecting machines, but those efforts leave the most […]

Organizations losing business due to connected product security concerns

14/10/2021Help Net Security

59% of executives with cybersecurity decision-making responsibility at large and mid-sized companies say that their organizations have lost business due to product security concerns for connected devices and embedded systems, according to a Ponemon Institute survey. The results highlight a growing need to strengthen supply chain security by securing connected devices, including those connected to […]

Storage systems vulnerabilities: Act now to avoid disasters

14/10/2021Help Net Security

Continuity issued a research report which provided an analysis of the vulnerabilities and misconfigurations of enterprise storage systems. The findings revealed that storage systems have a significantly weaker security posture than the other two layers of IT infrastructure: compute or network. These findings are alarming given the fact that, unlike an attack on individual endpoints […]

List of IT assets an attacker is most likely to target for exploitation

13/10/2021Help Net Security

Randori released a report that identifies the most tempting IT assets that an attacker is likely to target and exploit. Leading up to the anniversary of the Solarwinds hack, and after a very tumultuous year in cybersecurity—especially with ransomware and supply chain attacks—the report wanted to understand the ongoing prevalence of internet-facing assets that contribute […]

The government’s response to cybersecurity threats is not enough

13/10/2021Help Net Security

With this year’s attacks against Colonial Pipeline and Kaseya, ransomware and its impact on infrastructure have been pushed to the forefront of American political consciousness. These cyber attacks brought pain to the public, driving a response from the White House. The response was followed more recently by memoranda from NIST and the Office of Management […]

Ransomware attacks preparedness lagging, despite organizations being aware of the risks

13/10/2021Help Net Security

Hornetsecurity released the results of a global study of IT professionals on their preparedness for ransomware attacks. Survey data showed that although companies are increasingly aware of the risks ransomware poses, many organizations lack proper protection and prevention measures. “The results of our recent survey made clear that both small and large companies remain vulnerable […]